2009–10 Memphis Grizzlies season

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2009–10   Memphis Grizzlies season
Head coach Lionel Hollins
General manager Chris Wallace
Owners Michael Heisley
Arena FedEx Forum
Results
Record40–42 (.488)
PlaceDivision: 4th (Southwest)
Conference: 10th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television Fox Sports South, SportSouth
Radio WRBO
< 2008–09 2010–11 >

The 2009-10 Memphis Grizzlies season was the 15th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Contents

During the offseason the Grizzlies acquired Allen Iverson, but his stint in Memphis lasted only three games and he left the team for personal reasons. Iverson then returned to the team where he began his career, the Philadelphia 76ers, in December.

Key dates

Draft picks

RoundPickPlayerPositionNationalitySchool
12 Hasheem Thabeet Tanzania Connecticut
127 DeMarre Carroll Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Missouri
236 Sam Young Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Pittsburgh

Roster

2009–10 Memphis Grizzlies roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
F 00 Arthur, Darrell 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)235 lb (107 kg) Kansas
G 9 Brewer, Ronnie 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)227 lb (103 kg) Arkansas
F 1 Carroll, DeMarre 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)212 lb (96 kg) Missouri
G 11 Conley Jr., Mike 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)185 lb (84 kg) Ohio State
C 33 Gasol, Marc  (IN)7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)265 lb (120 kg) Spain
F 22 Gay, Rudy 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)230 lb (104 kg) Connecticut
C 15 Haddadi, Hamed 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)265 lb (120 kg) Iran
G 25 Hudson, Lester  (IN)6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)190 lb (86 kg) UT Martin
C 45 Hunter, Steven  (IN)7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)240 lb (109 kg) DePaul
G 32 Mayo, O. J. 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)210 lb (95 kg) USC
F 50 Randolph, Zach 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)260 lb (118 kg) Michigan State
C 34 Thabeet, Hasheem 7 ft 3 in (2.21 m)263 lb (119 kg) Connecticut
G 10 Tinsley, Jamaal 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)185 lb (84 kg) Iowa State
G 5 Williams, Marcus 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)205 lb (93 kg) Connecticut
G/F 4 Young, Sam 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)220 lb (100 kg) Pittsburgh
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

Regular season

Standings

Southwest Division
W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Dallas Mavericks 5527.671–28–1327–1410–6
x-San Antonio Spurs 5032.610529–1221–209–7
Houston Rockets 4240.5121323–1819–229–7
Memphis Grizzlies 4042.4881523–1817–245–11
New Orleans Hornets 3745.4511824–1713–287–9
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Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1c-Los Angeles Lakers 5725.695–
2y-Dallas Mavericks 5527.6712
3x-Phoenix Suns 5428.6593
4y-Denver Nuggets 5329.6464
5x-Utah Jazz 5329.6464
6x-Portland Trail Blazers 5032.6107
7x-San Antonio Spurs 5032.6107
8x-Oklahoma City Thunder 5032.6107
9 Houston Rockets 4240.51215
10 Memphis Grizzlies 4042.48817
11 New Orleans Hornets 3745.45120
12 Los Angeles Clippers 2953.35428
13 Golden State Warriors 2656.31731
14 Sacramento Kings 2557.30532
15 Minnesota Timberwolves 1567.18342

Record vs. opponents

2009-10 NBA Records
TeamATLBOSCHACHICLEDALDENDETGSWHOUINDLACLALMEMMIAMILMINNJNNOHNYKOKCORLPHIPHOPORSACSASTORUTAWAS
Atlanta —4–02–23–11–31–11–12–21–12–03–02–01–12–01–32–12–03–01–11–30–21–32–11–12–02–01–13–12–04–0
Boston 0–4—3–02–22–21–11–12–11–11–12–11–11–11–13–02–22–03–11–13–11–11–33–10–22–02–01–14–01–13–1
Charlotte 2–20–3—1–33–10–21–12–12–01–11–21–11–12–03–12–22–02–21–12–21–11–33–12–00–22–01–11–20–24–0
Chicago 1–32–23–1—2–20–20–24–01–12–03–10–20–20–21–31–32–01–22–03–11–11–23–11–11–11–12–01–20–22–1
Cleveland 3–12–21–32–2—1–10–24–02–01–13–12–02–01–13–03–12–04–02–03–02–02–23–02–02–02–01–13–11–12–1
Dallas 1–11–12–02–01–1—2–12–03–12–22–03–02–23–12–02–03–12–02–21–12–21–11–12–11–34–03–11–11–21–1
Denver 1–11–11–12–02–01–2—1–14–02–12–02–13–13–11–10–23–12–03–11–13–11–11–11–33–11–22–22–03–11–1
Detroit 2–21–21–20–40–40–21–1–1–11–10–40–20–21–11–22–22–02–11–11–30–21–33–10–20–21–11–10–40–24–0
Golden State 1–11–10–21–10–21–30–41–1–0–31–12–20–42–20–20–23–02–01–32–01–30–20–21–32–22–20–32–00–30–2
Houston 0–21–11–10–21–12–21–21–13–0—0–22–11–34–00–22–03–02–01–32–03–10–21–10–42–22–22–21–12–22–0
Indiana 0–31–22–11–31–30–20–24–01–12–0—1–10–20–20–40–41–14–00–22–21–11–32–11–10–21–10–22–21–13–1
L.A. Clippers 0–21–11–12–00–20–31–22–02–21–21–1—2–22–21–11–13–11–10–40–21–20–22–00–41–31–30–40–21–32–0
L.A. Lakers 1–11–11–12–00–22–21–32–04–03–12–02–2—2–11–12–03–02–02–12–03–11–12–03–11–24–02–21–13–12–0
Memphis0–21–10–22–01–11–31–31–12–20–42–02–21–2—1–10–23–12–02–22–01–21–11–12–22–22–12–22–01–22–0
Miami 3–10–31–33–10–30–21–12–12–02–04–01–11–11–1—1–31–14–01–13–00–22–24–01–11–12–00–22–21–13–1
Milwaukee 1–22–22–23–11–30–22–02–22–00–24–02–00–22–03–1—2–04–01–13–01–10–32–11–11–11–10–22–11–12–2
Minnesota 0–20–20–20–20–21–31–30–20–30–31–11–30–31–31–10–2—2–00–41–10–40–21–10–40–42–20–30–22–21–1
New Jersey 0–31–32–22–10–40–20–21–20–20–20–41–10–20–20–40–40–2—1–12–20–20–30–40–20–21–11–10–40–20–4
New Orleans 1–11–11–10–20–22–21–31–13–13–12–04–01–22–21–11–14–01–1—0–21–21–10–21–31–22–10–40–21–31–1
New York 3–11–32–21–30–31–11–13–10–20–22–22–00–20–20–30–31–12–22–0—0–20–33–11–11–10–20–20–40–23–1
Oklahoma City 2–01–11–11–10–22–21–32–03–11–31–12–11–32–12–01–14–02–02–12–0–1–12–02–11–33–11–32–03–12–0
Orlando 3–13–13–12–12–21–11–13–12–02–03–12–01–11–12–23–02–03–01–13–01–1–4–01–11–12–01–13–11–12–2
Philadelphia 1–21–31–31–30–31–11–11–32–01–11–20–20–21–10–42–21–14–02–01–30–20–4–0–21–12–01–11–30–20–3
Phoenix 1–12–00–21–10–21–23–12–03–14–01–14–01–32–21–11–14–02–03–11–11–21–12–0–1–24–02–12–02–22–0
Portland 0–20–22–01–10–23–11–32–02–22–22–03–12–12–21–11–14–02–02–11–13–11–11–12–1–4–03–02–00–41–1
Sacramento 0–20–20–21–10–20–42–11–12–22–21–13–10–41–20–21–12–21–11–22–01–30–20–20–40–4–0–41–12–11–1
San Antonio 1–11–11–10–21–11–32–21–13–02–22–04–02–22–22–02–03–01–14–02–03–11–11–11–20–34–0–1–10–42–0
Toronto 1–30–42–12–11–31–10–24–00–21–12–22–01–10–22–21–22–04–02–04–00–21–33–10–20–21–11–1—0–22–1
Utah 0–21–12–02–01–12–11–32–03–02–21–13–11–32–11–11–12–22–03–12–01–31–12–02–24–01–24–02–0—2–0
Washington 0–41–30–41–21–21–11–10–42–00–21–30–20–20–21–32–21–14–01–11–30–22–23–00–21–11–10–21–20–2—

Player statistics

Ragular season

Player POS GP GS MP REB AST STL BLK PTS MPG RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
O. J. Mayo SG82823,11331124298171,43238.03.83.01.2.217.5
Zach Randolph PF81813,05195014980341,68137.711.71.81.0.420.8
Rudy Gay SF80803,175472153118641,56739.75.91.91.5.819.6
Mike Conley Jr. PG80802,5691914251091295932.12.45.31.4.212.0
Sam Young SF8011,32120152342059516.52.5.7.4.37.4
DeMarre Carroll SF7117951503328920911.22.1.5.4.12.9
Marc Gasol C69692,469640165691091,00835.89.32.41.01.614.6
Hasheem Thabeet C681388324311158920813.03.6.2.21.33.1
Marcus Williams PG6218729316132126914.11.52.6.5.04.3
Jamaal Tinsley PG3815896610833513315.51.72.8.9.13.5
Hamed Haddadi C3602407510114626.72.1.3.0.41.7
Darrell Arthur PF32145711015141414314.33.4.5.4.44.5
Steven Hunter C210158420110537.52.0.0.0.52.5
Lester Hudson †PG906110551366.81.1.6.6.14.0
Ronnie Brewer †SG508073601016.01.4.61.2.02.0
Allen Iverson †PG3067411103722.31.33.7.3.012.3
Trey Gilder SF205101022.5.5.0.5.01.0
  • † Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Grizzlies only.

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

Week/Month

Lionel Hollins - Western Conference Coach of the Month: December [1]

All-Star

Zach Randolph was selected as a Western All-star reserve. (1st appearance) [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Grizzlies' Hollins wins Western Conference coach of the month honor
  2. ↑ Zach Randolph named to Western Conference All-Star team
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